A  CHECK  LIST  OF 
BIOGRAPHICAL   DIRECTORIES 

AND 

GENERAL  CATALOGUES  OF 
AMERICAN   COLLEGES 


BY 

EVA    ALICE    COLE, 

Columbia  University  Library 


Reprint  from 

NEW  YORK  GENEALOGICAL  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD 
1915 


[Reprinted  from  the  New  York  Genealogical  and  Biographical  Record^  January,  1915.] 


A  CHECK    LIST    OF    BIOGRAPHICAL    DIRECTORIES 

AND  GENERAL  CATALOGUES  OF  AMERICAN 

COLLEGES. 

BY  EVA  ALICE  COLE,  Columbia  University  Library. 

All  research  workers  in  genealogy  and  biography  who  have 
occasion  to  consult  the  standard  biographical  dictionaries  realize 
very  soon  the  many  omissions  in  even  the  most  comprehensive  of 
such  works  and  recognize  the  necessity  of  supplementing  them 
with  other  works  which  furnish  information,  however  brief, 
about  the  persons  whose  names  were  omitted  from  the  more 
general  works.  Such  excellent  compilations  as  the  Dictionary  of 
National  Biography  ^and  Appleton's  Cyclopedia  of  American 
Biography,  from  the  very  nature  of  the  case  omit  more  names 
than  they  include,  since  they  furnish  information  about  well 
known  individuals  only  and  omit  those  who  were  obscure  or  had 
only  a  local  or  very  special  celebrity.  If  the  desired  biographical 
data  about  such  individuals  are  to  be  found,  something  more 
than  the  general  biographical  dictionaries  must  be  consulted. 
For  such  cases  the  various  college  biographical  catalogues  and 
alumni  lists  often  furnish  "  first  aid  "  and  sometimes  provide  the 
full  information  desired. 

The  college  biographical  dictionary  is  by  no  means  a  new  type 
of  reference  book.  Perhaps  the  most  famous  book  of  this  class  is 
Anthony  a  Wood's  Athena  Oxonienses,  first  published  in  1690-91, 
and  revised  and  supplemented  in  later  editions.  To  the  value  of 
that  early  work  the  many  references  to  it  as  source  material  in 
the  great  Dictionary  of  National  Biography  bear  eloquent  wit- 
ness. Of  only  less  value  is  the  companion  work  on  early  Cam- 
bridge graduates,  Cooper's  Athena  Cantabrigienses,  first  issued 
in  1857,  and  completed  by  the  publication  of  an  index  volume  in 
1913.  Although  the  Dictionary  of  National  Biography  has  been 
compiled  since  the  publication  of  the  Athena  Cantabrigienses  in 
1857,  Cooper's  work  is  by  no  means  superseded  as  a  reference 
tool  since  by  actual  count  it  contains  data  on  some  700  Cambridge 
graduates  of  the  sixteenth  and  early  seventeenth  century  whose 
names  are  not  included  in  the  larger  general  work. 

American  colleges  have  not  been  backward  in  the  publication 
of  biographical  data  of  their  graduates,  as  the  various  "  General 
Catalogues,"  •'  Biographical  Directories,"  "Alumni  Lists "  re- 
corded below  will  show.  Unfortunately  the  same  degree  of 
fulness  of  data  and  excellence  of  articles  is  not  always  attained 
or  even  attempted.  Such  lists  vary  from  the  brief  alumni 
directory  of  some  new  western  college  which  attempts  merely  to 
record  the  name,  year  of  graduation  and  address  of  each  alumnus, 
to  the  very  detailed  and  satisfactory  biographies  included  in  the 
six  imposing  volumes  of  Mr.  Franklin  B.  Dexter's  Yale  Biogra- 
phies and  Annals.  Yet  even  the  more  meagre  list  has  its  use, 


and  the  reference  library  which  has  an  extended  collection  of 
such  catalogues  and  directories  is  in  the  possession  of  a  reference 
tool  of  great  value  in  biographical  and  genealogical  research. 

The  present  list  of  such  publications  is  based  upon  a  collection 
which  during  the  past  two  years  has  been  formed  in  the  General 
Reading  Room  of  Columbia  University,  supplemented  by  certain 
titles  supplied  through  the  courtesy  of  the  Library  of  the  Bureau 
of  Education  at  Washington.  It  includes  152  titles  representing 
123  American  and  Canadian  colleges  and  universities,  and  while 
comprehensive  makes  no  claim  to  completeness.  As  it  is  intended 
as  a  preliminary  check  list  it  gives  only  brief  information  about 
each  title  and  does  not  attempt  to  supply  full  cataloguing  in- 
formation. Date  of  publication  has  been  given  to  indicate  how 
recent  the  information  is  and  pagination  to  show  the  extent  of 
the  work,  and  the  asterisk  is  used  to  differentiate  lists  which 
contain  some  biographical  data,  however  meagre,  from  those 
which  are  merely  directories  of  names  and  classes. 

The  compiler  of  the  list  will  be  very  glad  to  receive  infor- 
mation about  additional  titles  not  included  in  her  list,  with  a 
view  to  adding  them  in  a  later  edition. 

*  Indicates  biographical  material. 

'  Acadia  University,  Wolfville,  N.  S.    *Records  of  the  Graduates, 

1843-1908.     192  p.     1909. 
t  Andover  Theological   Seminary,    Cambridge,   Mass.      *General 

Catalogue,  1808-1908.     570  p.     1909. 
*Necrology,  1880-1914.     32  nos. 
Alabama,  University  of,  University,  Ala.   Register  of  Officers  and 

Students,  (1831-1901).     505  p.     1901. 
Amherst  College,  Amherst,  Mass.     General  Catalogue,  1821-1910. 

226  p.     1910. 

*Biographical  Record,  1821-96.     2  vols.     1883-1901. 
*Obituary  Records,  1864-1913.     48  nos. 
List  of  Non-Graduate  Students,  1822-71.     1878. 
Address  List,  1912. 
Antioch  College,  Yellow  Springs,  O.     Alumni  Register  (1857- 

1911).     16  p.     1911. 
Arkansas,   University  of,   Fayetteville,   Ark.      List  of  Alumni, 

1876-1913.     39  p.     1913. 
Bates  College,  Lewiston,  Me.    *General   Catalogue  of  Officers 

and  Graduates,  1863-91.    95  p.     1893. 
Baylor   University,  Waco,  Tex.     Alumni  Directory,   1854-1914. 

96  p.     1914. 
Beloit  College,   Beloit,   Wis.      Register    and   Directory  of    the 

Alumni  (1851-1910).     81  p.     1911. 
Boston  University,  Boston,  Mass.     Historical  Register,  1869-1911. 

363  p.     1911. 
,  Bowdoin  College,  Brunswick,   Me.     *General  Catalogue,   1794- 

1912.     494  p.     1912. 
Address  List.     72  p.     1912. 

'  Brown  University,  Providence,  R.  I.    ^Historical  Catalogue,  1754- 
1914.     789  p.     1914. 


Bryn  Mawr  College,  Bryn  Mawr,  Pa.    Register  of  Alumnae  and 

Former  Students  (1888-1911).     144  p.     1912. 
Bucknell  University,  Lewisburg,  Pa.    Alumni  Catalogue,  185  ir- 

1910.     117  p.     1910. 
California,  University  of,  Berkeley,  Cal.     Directory  of  Graduates, 

1864-1910.     268  p.     1911. 
Chicago,  University  of,  Chicago,  111.  Alumni  Directory  (1861-1913). 

406  p.     1913. 
Cincinnati,  University  of,  Cincinnati,  O.    Alumnal  Register,  1874- 

1902.    48  p.     1902. 
Clark  College,   Worcester,  Mass.     Roll  of  Graduates,   1905-12. 

20  p.     1913. 
Colby  College,  Waterville,  Me.    *General  Catalogue,  1820-1909. 

246  p.     1910. 
Colgate  University,  Hamilton,  N.  Y.    *General  Catalogue  (1822- 

1904).     288  p.     1905. 
Colorado,  University  of,  Boulder,  Col.    General  Catalogue,  1877- 

1910.    59+134  p.     1911. 
Columbia  University,   New  York,   N.   Y.      General   Catalogue, 

1754-1912.     1151  p.     1912. 

Columbian  University  (see  the  George  Washington  University). 
Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.    Ten  Year  Book,  No.  4,  1868- 

1908.     793  p.     1908. 
Dartmouth  College,  Hanover,  N.  H.    ^General  Catalogue  (1769- 

1911).     839  p.     1911. 
Davidson  College,  Davidson,  N.  C.     Semi-Centennial  Catalogue, 

1837-1887.     194  p.     1891. 
Denison  University,  Granville,  O.     *General  Catalogue  (1840- 

1907).     Part  II  of  Memorial  Volume,  1907,  pp.  174-286. 
DePauw  University,  Greencastle,  Ind.    *Alumnal  Record  (1840- 

1910)    352  p.     1910. 
Earlham  College,  Earlham,  Ind.    Alumni  Catalogue,  1862-1910. 

108  p.     1910. 
Franklin  and   Marshall   College,  Lancaster,  Pa.     Catalogue  of 

Officers  and  Students,  1787-1903.     224  p.     1903. 
General  Theological  Seminary,  New  York,  N.  Y,     (Alumni,  1822- 

1913.)  ^In  Catalogue,  1913-14,  PP-  69-108. 
Georgetown  University,  Washington,  D.   C.     List  of  Graduates. 

101  p.     1909. 
George  Washington  University,  Washington,  D.  C.     Historical 

Catalogue,  1821-1891.     214  p.     1891. 
Alumni  Catalogue.     108  p.     1905. 
Georgia,  University  of,  Athens,  Ga.     General  Catalogue,  1785- 

1901.     244  p.     1901. 
Hamilton  College,  Clinton,  N.  Y.     Catalogues  (1814-93).    88  p. 

1893- 

Directory  of  Living  Graduates.     40  p.     1913. 
Hampden-Sidney  College,  Hampden-Sidney,  Va.    General  Cata- 
logue, 1776-1906.     246  p.     1908. 
Harvard  University,  Cambridge,  Mass.    Quinquennial  Catalogue, 

1636-1910.     757+151  p.     1910. 
Directory  (Catalogue  of  Living  Students).     1639  p.     1913. 


Haverford   College,    Haverford,   Pa.      *Biographical   Catalogue, 

1833-1900.     296  p.     1900. 
Hobart  College,  Geneva,  N.  Y.     General  Catalogue,  1825-1897. 

254  p.     1897. 

Addresses  of  Alumni  and  Former  Students.     50  p.     1914. 
Holy  Cross  College,  Worcester,  Mass.     Directory  and  Decennial 

Record  (1849-1909).     115  p.     1909. 
Idaho,  University  of,  Moscow,  Ida.     (Graduates,  1896-1911.)     In 

2oth  Annual  Catalogue,  1911-12,  pp.  249-271. 
Illinois,  University  of,  Urbana,  111.    *  Alumni  Record  (1872-1912). 

921  p.     1913. 
Alumni  Directory  of  the  College  of  Engineering  (1872-1913). 

201  p.     1913. 
Illinois  State  Normal  University,  Normal,  111.    (Alumni  Register, 

1860-1907.)    In  Semi-Centennial  History,  1907,  pp.  251-344. 
Indiana  University,  Bloomington,  Ind.     Register  of  Graduates, 

1830-1910.     241  p.     1911. 
Iowa,   State   University  of,   Iowa   City,   la.     Alumni   Register, 

1847-1911.     271  p.     1911. 

Johns  Hopkins  University,  Baltimore,  Md.     Graduates  and  Fel- 
lows, 1876-1913.     145  p.     1914. 
Kalamazoo  College,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.      ^Historical  Catalogue, 

1851-1902.     99  p.  1903. 
Kansas,  University  of,  Lawrence,  Kan.    Alumni  Catalogue  (1873- 

1913)-     175  P-     1914. 

Kentucky,  Central  University  of,  Danville,  Ky.  General  Cata- 
logue. 260  p.  1890. 

Lafayette  College,  Easton,  Ea.  *Biographical  Catalogue,  1832- 
1912.  814  p.  1913. 

Leland  Stanford  Junior  University,  Stanford  University,  Cal. 
Alumni  Directory  and  Ten  Year  Book,  No.  2,  1891-1910. 
321  p.  1910. 

Lewis  Institute,  Chicago,  111.     Alumni.     75  p.     1913. 

Louisiana  State  University,  Baton  Rouge,  La.  (Roll  of  Graduates, 
1869-1911.)  In  1912  Annual  Catalogue,  pp.  278-293. 

McCormick  Theological  Seminary,  Chicago,  111.  *General  Cata- 
logue (1830-1912).  242  p.  1912. 

Madison  University  (now  Colgate).  (*General  Catalogue,  1819- 
71.)  In  Jubilee  Volume,  1872,  pp.  188-503. 

McGill  University,  Montreal,  Canada.     Graduates.     i66p.    1909. 

McMaster  University,  Toronto,  Canada.  (Alumni).  In  Calen- 
dar, 1913-14,  pp.  150-176. 

Maine,  University  of,  Orono,  Me.  Alumni  Directory,  1872-1913. 
102  p.  1914. 

Marietta  College,  Marietta,  O.  *General  Catalogue,  1835-1901. 
163  p.  1901. 

Maryland,  University  of,  Baltimore,  Md.  Historical  Catalogue, 
1807-1907.  2  vols.  ,1907. 

Maryland  Agricultural  College,  College  Park,  Md.  Alumni 
Record.  93  p.  1907. 

Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  Boston,  Mass.  Register 
of  former  Students  (1864-1911).  536  p.  1912. 


Miami  University,  Oxford,  O.     *General  Catalogue,  1809-1909. 

40+427  p.     1910. 
Michigan,  University  of,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.     General  Catalogue, 

1837-1911.     1095  p.     1912. 
Death  Notices,  1912-1914.     a  nos. 
Michigan  College  of  Mines,  Houghton,  Mich.    *Graduates  (1888- 

1909).     118  p.     1910. 
Middlebury  College,  Middlebury,  Vt.    *General  Catalogue,  1800- 

1900.     295  p.     1901. 
Minnesota,   University    of,   Minneapolis,    Minn.      Directory    of 

Alumni,  1873-1912.     194  p.     1912. 
Mississippi,  University  of,  University,  Miss.   Historical  Catalogue, 

1849-1909.    406  p.     1910. 
Missouri,   University  of,   Columbia,   Mo.     Directory  of  Alumni 

(1846-1910).     262  p.     1911. 
Monmouth  College,  Monmouth,  111.     (Alumni,  1858-1910.)     In 

55th  Annual  Catalogue,  1911,  pp.  107-184. 
Montana,  University  of,  Missoula,  Mont.    (Register. of  Alumni, 

1898-1912.)     In  the  1 8th  Register  of  the  University,  1913, 

pp.  166-173. 

Montana  State  College  of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic  Arts,  Boze- 
man,  Mont.  (Alumni,  1902-12.)  In  2oth  Annual  Cata- 
logue, 1912-13,  pp.  isi-^- 

Moores  Hill  College,  Moores  Hill,  Ind.  (Alumni.)  In  Semi- 
centennial Catalogue,  1906,  pp.  52-60. 

Mount  Holyoke  College,  South  Hadley,  Mass.  General  Catalogue, 
1837-1911.  374  p.  19". 

Mount  Union  College,  Alliance,  O.  General  Alumni  Catalogue. 
61  p.  1904. 

Muhlenberg  College,  Allentown,  Pa.  (*Biographical  Record.) 
In  Quarter-Centennial  Memorial  Volume,  1892,  pp.  169-518. 

Nebraska,  University  of,  Lincoln,  Neb.  Alumni  Directory,  1869- 
1912.  222+66  p.  1912. 

New  Brunswick  Theological  Seminary,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 
*Biographical  Record,  1784-1911.  304  p.  1912. 

New  York  University,  New  York,  N.  Y.  *General  Alumni  Cata- 
logue, 1833-1907.  3  vols.  1906-08. 

North  Carolina,  University  of,  Chapel  Hill,  N.  C.  Catalogue  of 
Officers  and  Students,  1789-1889.  242  p.  1889. 

Northwestern  University,  Evanston,  111.     Alumni  Mailing  List 

(Liberal  Arts,  1859-1909).     114  p.     1909. 
Alumni  Mailing  List   (Dental  School,  Chicago,  1890-1907). 
54  p.     1908. 

Norwich  University,  Northfield,  Vt.    *Historical  Catalogue,  1819- 

1911.  3  vols.     1911. 

Roster  of  the  Graduates  and  Past  Cadets,  1819-1907.    85  p. 
1907. 

Oberlin   College,   Oberlin,   O.      *General   Catalogue,    1833-1908- 

184+1187  p.     1909. 
Ohio  State  University,  Columbus,  O.     Alumni  Register,   1878- 

1912.  464  p.     1912. 


Ohio  Wesleyan   University,   Delaware,   O.      roth   Quinquennial 

Catalogue,    1844-1894.     In  Fifty  Years  of   History,   1895, 

pp.  251-547. 

Alumni  Directory  (1846-1911).     208  p.     1911. 
Oregon,  University  of,  Eugene,  Ore.      General  Register,   1873- 

1910.     141  p.     1911. 
Ottawa,  University  of,  Ottawa,  Can.     (List  of  Graduates,  1872- 

1912.)     In  Calendar,  1913-14,  pp.  100-117. 
Ottawa  University,  Ottawa,  Kan.     (Roll  of  Alumni,  1886-1913.) 

In  49th  Annual  Catalogue,  1914,  pp.  104-116. 
Park  College,  Parkville,  Mo.     Alumni,  1879-1912.     26  p.     1912. 
Pennsylvania,  University  of,   Philadelphia,  Pa.      *Biographical 

^     Catalogue,  1749-1893.     567  p.     1894. 
Pitfsburg,  University  of,  Pittsburg,  Pa.     Alumni  Directory,  1787- 

1910.     221  p.     1910. 
Pomona  College,  Claremont,  Cal.     Alumni  Directory  (1894-1912). 

24  p.     1913. 
Princeton  University,  Princeton,  N.  J.    General  Catalogue,  1746- 

1906.     544  p.     1908. 
Purdue  University,  Lafayette,  Ind.    Alumni  Register,  1875-1911. 

128  p.     1912. 
Ripon  College,  Ripen,  Wis.    General  Catalogue,  1851-1900.    71  p. 

1900. 
Rochester,  University  of,  Rochester,  N.  Y.    *General  Catalogue, 

1850-1911.     248  p.     1911. 
Rutgers  College,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.     General  Catalogue,  1766- 

1909.  361  p.     1909. 

Alumni  and  Students  (Class  and  Address  List),  1766-1911. 

115  p.     1911. 
St.   Lawrence   University,   Canton,   N.  Y.     General   Catalogue, 

1856—1910.     119  p.     1910. 
Simmons  College,  Boston,  Mass.    Register  of  Graduates  (1903-13). 

27  p.     1914. 
Smith  College,  Northampton,  Mass.    *Alumnae  Catalogue,  1875- 

1910.  398  p.     1911. 

Swarthmore  College,  Swarthmore,  Pa.    *Alumni  Historical  Cata- 
logue, 1873-1892.     108  p.     1905. 
Register,  1862-1914.     221  p.     1914. 

Syracuse   University,   Syracuse,   N.   Y.      *  Alumni    Record   and 
General  Catalogue,  1835-1910.     3  vols.     1899-1911. 

Texas,  University  of,  Austin,  Tex.     Historical  Catalogue  of  the 
Alumni,  1884-1901.     200  p.     1902. 

Tufts  College,  Tufts  College,  Mass.    Register  of  Alumni  and 
Officers  (1857-1911).     194  p.     1912. 

Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York,  N.  Y.     *General  Cata- 
logue, 1836-1908.     26-4-394  p.     1908. 

Union   University,    Schenectady,    N.  Y.      Historical   Catalogue, 

1795-1907.     3  vols.     1907. 
Alumni  Register  (Union  College  Living  Alumni).  134  p.  1913. 

U.   S.    Military   Academy,    West   Point,    N.   Y.      ^Biographical 

Register,  1802-1910.     5  vols.     1891-1910. 
(List  of  Graduates,  1802-1902.)     In  Centennial  of  U.  S.  M.  A. 
1904,  vol.  2,  pp.  397-433- 


Vassar  College,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.    *General  Catalogue,  1861- 

1910.    412  p.     1910. 
Vermont,  University  of,  Burlington,  Vt.     ^General  Catalogue, 

1791-1900.     260  p.     1901. 

Virginia,   University  of,   Charlottesville,  Va.     Historical  Cata- 
logue.    2  vols.     1904. 
Virginia  Polytechnic  Institute,  Blacksburg,  Va.   Alumni  Register 

(1875-1911).     223  p.     1912. 
Wake  Forest  College,  Wake  Forest,  N.  C.     General  Catalogue, 

1834-1891.     199  p.     1892. 
Washington,  State  College  of,  Pullman,  Wash.     (Alumni,  1897- 

1912).     In  22nd  Annual  Catalogue,  1913,  pp.  356-390. 
Washington  and  Jefferson  College,  Washington,  Pa.     *Biogra- 

phical  and  Historical  Catalogue,  1802-1902.     714  p.  1902. 
Washington  College,  Chestertown,  Md.    (Graduates,  1783-1913.) 

In  Catalogue,  1913-1914,  pp.  96-115. 
Washington  University,  St.  Louis,  Mo.     (Alumni,  1862-1903.)    In 

Bulletin  of  the  Washington  University  Association,  1904, 

pp.  160-196. 

Washington  and  Lee  University,  Lexington,  Va.     General  Cata- 
logue, 1749-1888.     245  p.     1888. 
Wellesley  College,  Wellesley,  Mass.    *Wellesley  College  Record, 

1875-1912.     3°+339-     !912- 
Wesleyan  University,  Middletown,  Conn.  *Alumni  Record  (1831- 

1911).    63+931  p.     1911. 
Address  List.     120  p.     1914. 
Westminster  College,  Fulton,  Mo.     General  Catalogue,  1853-1911. 

67  p.     1911. 
Williams  College,  Williamstown,  Mass.     *Biographical  Annals 

(1795-1865).    665  p.     1871. 
General  Catalogue,  1795-1910.     263  p.     1910. 
Non-Graduates,  1797-1910.     97  p.     1910. 
*Obituary  Records,  1865-1913. 
Alumni  Register  (Class  and  Address  List  of  Living  Alumni). 

142  p.     1914. 
Winthrop   Normal  and    Industrial   College   of  South   Carolina, 

Rockhill,  S.  C.    Register  of  Alumnae  (1887-1911).   84+35  p. 

1911. 
Wisconsin,   University  of,    Madison,   Wis.      Alumni   Directory, 

1849-1911.     449  p.     1912. 
Wyoming,  University  of,  Laramie,  Wyo.    (Addresses  of  Alumni, 

1891-1911.)     In  1912  Catalogue  Number,  pp.  241-260. 
Yale  University,  New  Haven,  Conn.    Catalogue  of  the  Officers 

and  Graduates,  1701-1910.     582  p.     1910. 
*Biographies  and  Annals,  1701-1815,  by  Franklin  B.  Dexter. 

6  vols.     1885-1912. 

*Obituary  Records,  1860-1914.     54  nos. 
*Biographical   Notices,    1816-1884,  by   Franklin   B.  Dexter. 

411  p.     1913. 
Directory  of  the  Living  Graduates.     676  p.     1914. 


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